mAbsPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-10-04DOI: 10.1080/19420862.2024.2403156
Itzel Condado-Morales, Fabian Dingfelder, Isabel Waibel, Oliver M Turnbull, Bhargav Patel, Zheng Cao, Jais Rose Bjelke, Susanne Nedergaard Grell, Anja Bennet, Alissa M Hummer, Matthew I J Raybould, Charlotte M Deane, Thomas Egebjerg, Nikolai Lorenzen, Paolo Arosio
{"title":"A comparative study of the developability of full-length antibodies, fragments, and bispecific formats reveals higher stability risks for engineered constructs.","authors":"Itzel Condado-Morales, Fabian Dingfelder, Isabel Waibel, Oliver M Turnbull, Bhargav Patel, Zheng Cao, Jais Rose Bjelke, Susanne Nedergaard Grell, Anja Bennet, Alissa M Hummer, Matthew I J Raybould, Charlotte M Deane, Thomas Egebjerg, Nikolai Lorenzen, Paolo Arosio","doi":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2403156","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2403156","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Engineered antibody formats, such as antibody fragments and bispecifics, have the potential to offer improved therapeutic efficacy compared to traditional full-length monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). However, the translation of these non-natural molecules into successful therapeutics can be hampered by developability challenges. Here, we systematically analyzed 64 different antibody constructs targeting Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) which cover 8 distinct molecular format families, encompassing full-length antibodies, various types of single chain variable fragments, and bispecifics. We measured 15 biophysical properties related to activity, manufacturing, and stability, scoring variants with a flag-based risk approach and a recent <i>in silico</i> developability profiler. Our comparative assessment revealed that overall developability is higher for the natural full-length antibody format. Bispecific antibodies, antibodies with scFv fragments at the C-terminus of the light chain, and single-chain Fv antibody fragments (scFvs) have intermediate developability properties, while more complicated formats, such as scFv- scFv, bispecific mAbs with one Fab exchanged with a scFv, and diabody formats are collectively more challenging. In particular, our study highlights the propensity for fragmentation and aggregation, both in bulk and at interfaces, for many current engineered formats.</p>","PeriodicalId":18206,"journal":{"name":"mAbs","volume":"16 1","pages":"2403156"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11457596/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142372151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Anti-HER2 biparatopic antibody KJ015 has near-native structure, functional balanced high affinity, and synergistic efficacy with anti-PD-1 treatment in vivo.","authors":"Zheng Wang, Yu Liu, Yunxia Xu, Lin Lu, Zhen Zhu, Baojie Lv, Xin Fang, Yao Tang, Jinhua Wang, Yu Cheng, Ying Hu, Junwen Lou, Peican Wu, Chendan Liu, Yanjun Liu, Xin Zeng, Qing Xu","doi":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2412881","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2412881","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Currently approved human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-targeted antibody therapies are largely derived from trastuzumab, including trastuzumab-chemotherapy combinations, fixed-dose trastuzumab-pertuzumab combinations, and trastuzumab antibody-drug conjugates. To expand the options, bispecific antibodies, which may better utilize the benefits of combination therapy, are being developed. Among them, biparatopic antibodies (bpAbs) have shown improved efficacy compared to monoclonal antibody (mAb) combinations in HER2-positive patients. BpAbs bind two independent epitopes on the same antigen, which allows fine-tuning of mechanisms of action, including enhancement of on-target specificity and induction of strong antigen clustering due to the unique binding mode. To fully utilize the potential of bpAbs for anti-HER2 drug development, it is crucial to consider formats that offer stability and high-yield production, along with a functional balance between the two epitopes. In this study, we rationally designed a bpAb, KJ015, that shares a common light chain with two Fab arms and exhibits functionally balanced high affinity for two HER2 non-overlapping epitopes. KJ015 demonstrated high-expression titers over 7 g/L and stable physicochemical properties at elevated concentrations, facilitating subcutaneous administration with hyaluronidase. Moreover, KJ015 maintained comparable antibody-dependent cytotoxicity, phagocytosis, and complement-dependent cytotoxicity with trastuzumab plus pertuzumab. It exhibited enhanced synergy when administered subcutaneously with hyaluronidase and anti-PD-1 mAb in a mouse tumor model, suggesting promising clinical prospects for this combination.</p>","PeriodicalId":18206,"journal":{"name":"mAbs","volume":"16 1","pages":"2412881"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11469434/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142391661","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
mAbsPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-11-15DOI: 10.1080/19420862.2024.2429414
Gangadhar Dhulipala, Alanna Broszeit, Kun Lu, Nisha Palackal, Erica Pyles
{"title":"Development of a novel, high-throughput imaged capillary isoelectric focusing-Western method to characterize charge heterogeneity of monoclonal antibody heavy and light chains.","authors":"Gangadhar Dhulipala, Alanna Broszeit, Kun Lu, Nisha Palackal, Erica Pyles","doi":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2429414","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2429414","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Charge heterogeneity is one of the commonly monitored quality attributes in biotherapeutics. It can impact the stability, efficacy, and safety of products, but it can also affect the pharmacokinetics, binding affinity, and overall biological activity of the molecules. Given the substantial size and complexity of antibodies, subtle variations or specific modifications that result in charge heterogeneity might be concealed when mAbs are analyzed under native conditions. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis has traditionally been used to characterize antibody heavy chain (HC) and light chain (LC) charge variants. The procedures, however, are laborious, and the method is only qualitative. ChromiCE was developed as an alternative approach to provide quantitative analysis, but the method is also labor intensive, requiring separation of the HC and LC by chromatography before imaged capillary isoelectric focusing (iCIEF) analysis. We thus developed a novel, automated high-throughput iCIEF-Western method to directly quantify the HC and LC charge variants with high sensitivity under denatured and reduced conditions. The HC and LC charge variants are selectively characterized using detection antibodies specific to the HC or LC. In addition, the reduced, denatured iCIEF-Western method allows for the analysis of up to 96 samples overnight, offering good precision and high throughput with minimal analyst hands-on time. Further, the developed method can be applied in different aspects of drug development, such as comparability, release or stability testing given its ability to provide identity, as well as qualitative and quantitative comparative analysis.</p>","PeriodicalId":18206,"journal":{"name":"mAbs","volume":"16 1","pages":"2429414"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11572156/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142639260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
mAbsPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-01-05DOI: 10.1080/19420862.2023.2297450
Silvia Crescioli, Hélène Kaplon, Alicia Chenoweth, Lin Wang, Jyothsna Visweswaraiah, Janice M Reichert
{"title":"Antibodies to watch in 2024.","authors":"Silvia Crescioli, Hélène Kaplon, Alicia Chenoweth, Lin Wang, Jyothsna Visweswaraiah, Janice M Reichert","doi":"10.1080/19420862.2023.2297450","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19420862.2023.2297450","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The 'Antibodies to Watch' article series provides an annual summary of commercially sponsored monoclonal antibody therapeutics currently in late-stage clinical development, regulatory review, and those recently granted a first approval in any country. In this installment, we discuss key details for 16 antibody therapeutics granted a first approval in 2023, as of November 17 (lecanemab (Leqembi), rozanolixizumab (RYSTIGGO), pozelimab (VEOPOZ), mirikizumab (Omvoh), talquetamab (Talvey), elranatamab (Elrexfio), epcoritamab (EPKINLY), glofitamab (COLUMVI), retifanlimab (Zynyz), concizumab (Alhemo), lebrikizumab (EBGLYSS), tafolecimab (SINTBILO), narlumosbart (Jinlitai), zuberitamab (Enrexib), adebrelimab (Arelili), and divozilimab (Ivlizi)). We briefly review 26 product candidates for which marketing applications are under consideration in at least one country or region, and 23 investigational antibody therapeutics that are forecast to enter regulatory review by the end of 2024 based on company disclosures. These nearly 50 product candidates include numerous innovative bispecific antibodies, such as odronextamab, ivonescimab, linvoseltamab, zenocutuzumab, and erfonrilimab, and antibody-drug conjugates, such as trastuzumab botidotin, patritumab deruxtecan, datopotamab deruxtecan, and MRG002, as well as a mixture of two immunocytokines (bifikafusp alfa and onfekafusp alfa). We also discuss clinical phase transition and overall approval success rates for antibody therapeutics, which are crucial to the biopharmaceutical industry because these rates inform decisions about resource allocation. Our analyses indicate that these molecules have approval success rates in the range of 14-32%, with higher rates associated with antibodies developed for non-cancer indications. Overall, our data suggest that antibody therapeutic development efforts by the biopharmaceutical industry are robust and increasingly successful.</p>","PeriodicalId":18206,"journal":{"name":"mAbs","volume":"16 1","pages":"2297450"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10773713/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139098161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
mAbsPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-06-18DOI: 10.1080/19420862.2024.2365891
Yuxin Hao, Jiabin Yan, Courtney Fraser, Aiping Jiang, Murali Anuganti, Roushu Zhang, Kenneth Lloyd, Joseph Jardine, Jessica Coppola, Rob Meijers, Jing Li, Timothy A Springer
{"title":"Synthetic integrin antibodies discovered by yeast display reveal αV subunit pairing preferences with β subunits.","authors":"Yuxin Hao, Jiabin Yan, Courtney Fraser, Aiping Jiang, Murali Anuganti, Roushu Zhang, Kenneth Lloyd, Joseph Jardine, Jessica Coppola, Rob Meijers, Jing Li, Timothy A Springer","doi":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2365891","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2365891","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Integrins are cell surface receptors that mediate the interactions of cells with their surroundings and play essential roles in cell adhesion, migration, and homeostasis. Eight of the 24 integrins bind to the tripeptide Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) motif in their extracellular ligands, comprising the RGD-binding integrin subfamily. Despite similarity in recognizing the RGD motif and some redundancy, these integrins can selectively recognize RGD-containing ligands to fulfill specific functions in cellular processes. Antibodies against individual RGD-binding integrins are desirable for investigating their specific functions, and were selected here from a synthetic yeast-displayed Fab library. We discovered 11 antibodies that exhibit high specificity and affinity toward their target integrins, i.e. αVβ3, αVβ5, αVβ6, αVβ8, and α5β1. Of these, six are function-blocking antibodies and contain a ligand-mimetic R(G/L/T)D motif in their CDR3 sequences. We report antibody-binding specificity, kinetics, and binding affinity for purified integrin ectodomains, as well as intact integrins on the cell surface. We further used these antibodies to reveal binding preferences of the αV subunit for its 5 β-subunit partners: β6 = β8 > β3 > β1 = β5.</p>","PeriodicalId":18206,"journal":{"name":"mAbs","volume":"16 1","pages":"2365891"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11188837/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141419776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
mAbsPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-02-19DOI: 10.1080/19420862.2024.2315640
Ammelie Svea Boje, Lukas Pekar, Katharina Koep, Britta Lipinski, Brian Rabinovich, Andreas Evers, Carina Lynn Gehlert, Steffen Krohn, Yanping Xiao, Simon Krah, Rinat Zaynagetdinov, Lars Toleikis, Sven Poetzsch, Matthias Peipp, Stefan Zielonka, Katja Klausz
{"title":"Impact of antibody architecture and paratope valency on effector functions of bispecific NKp30 x EGFR natural killer cell engagers.","authors":"Ammelie Svea Boje, Lukas Pekar, Katharina Koep, Britta Lipinski, Brian Rabinovich, Andreas Evers, Carina Lynn Gehlert, Steffen Krohn, Yanping Xiao, Simon Krah, Rinat Zaynagetdinov, Lars Toleikis, Sven Poetzsch, Matthias Peipp, Stefan Zielonka, Katja Klausz","doi":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2315640","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2315640","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Natural killer (NK) cells emerged as a promising effector population that can be harnessed for anti-tumor therapy. In this work, we constructed NK cell engagers (NKCEs) based on NKp30-targeting single domain antibodies (sdAbs) that redirect the cytotoxic potential of NK cells toward epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-expressing tumor cells. We investigated the impact of crucial parameters such as sdAb location, binding valencies, the targeted epitope on NKp30, and the overall antibody architecture on the redirection capacity. Our study exploited two NKp30-specific sdAbs, one of which binds a similar epitope on NKp30 as its natural ligand B7-H6, while the other sdAb addresses a non-competing epitope. For EGFR-positive tumor targeting, humanized antigen-binding domains of therapeutic antibody cetuximab were used. We demonstrate that NKCEs bivalently targeting EGFR and bivalently engaging NKp30 are superior to monovalent NKCEs in promoting NK cell-mediated tumor cell lysis and that the architecture of the NKCE can substantially influence killing capacities depending on the NKp30-targeting sdAb utilized. While having a pronounced impact on NK cell killing efficacy, the capabilities of triggering antibody-dependent cellular phagocytosis or complement-dependent cytotoxicity were not significantly affected comparing the bivalent IgG-like NKCEs with cetuximab. However, the fusion of sdAbs can have a slight impact on the NK cell release of immunomodulatory cytokines, as well as on the pharmacokinetic profile of the NKCE due to unfavorable spatial orientation within the molecule architecture. Ultimately, our findings reveal novel insights for the engineering of potent NKCEs triggering the NKp30 axis.</p>","PeriodicalId":18206,"journal":{"name":"mAbs","volume":"16 1","pages":"2315640"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10877975/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139900204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
mAbsPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-03-04DOI: 10.1080/19420862.2024.2310890
David L Niquille, Kyle M Fitzgerald, Nimish Gera
{"title":"Biparatopic antibodies: therapeutic applications and prospects.","authors":"David L Niquille, Kyle M Fitzgerald, Nimish Gera","doi":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2310890","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2310890","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Biparatopic antibodies (bpAbs) bind distinct, non-overlapping epitopes on an antigen. This unique binding mode enables new mechanisms of action beyond monospecific and bispecific antibodies (bsAbs) that can make bpAbs effective therapeutics for various indications, including oncology and infectious diseases. Biparatopic binding can lead to superior affinity and specificity, promote antagonism, lock target conformation, and result in higher-order target clustering. Such antibody-target complexes can elicit strong agonism, increase immune effector function, or result in rapid target downregulation and lysosomal trafficking. These are not only attractive properties for therapeutic antibodies but are increasingly being explored for other modalities such as antibody-drug conjugates, T-cell engagers and chimeric antigen receptors. Recent advances in bpAb engineering have enabled the construction of ever more sophisticated formats that are starting to show promise in the clinic.</p>","PeriodicalId":18206,"journal":{"name":"mAbs","volume":"16 1","pages":"2310890"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10936611/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140028389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
mAbsPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-07-10DOI: 10.1080/19420862.2024.2375798
Melanie Maier, Linus Weiß, Nikolas Zeh, Valerie Schmieder-Todtenhaupt, Alireza Dehghani, Marius Nicolaus Felix, Daniel Heinzelmann, Benjamin Lindner, Moritz Schmidt, Joey Studts, Patrick Schulz, Bernd Reisinger, Kerstin Otte, Matthias Franzreb, Daniel Lakatos, Simon Fischer
{"title":"Illuminating a biologics development challenge: systematic characterization of CHO cell-derived hydrolases identified in monoclonal antibody formulations.","authors":"Melanie Maier, Linus Weiß, Nikolas Zeh, Valerie Schmieder-Todtenhaupt, Alireza Dehghani, Marius Nicolaus Felix, Daniel Heinzelmann, Benjamin Lindner, Moritz Schmidt, Joey Studts, Patrick Schulz, Bernd Reisinger, Kerstin Otte, Matthias Franzreb, Daniel Lakatos, Simon Fischer","doi":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2375798","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2375798","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Monoclonal antibodies (mAb) and other biological drugs are affected by enzymatic polysorbate (PS) degradation that reduces product stability and jeopardizes the supply of innovative medicines. PS represents a critical surfactant stabilizing the active pharmaceutical ingredients, which are produced by recombinant Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell lines. While the list of potential PS-degrading CHO host cell proteins (HCPs) has grown over the years, tangible data on industrially relevant HCPs are still scarce. By means of a highly sensitive liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method, we investigated seven different mAb products, resulting in the identification of 12 potentially PS-degrading hydrolases, including the strongly PS-degrading lipoprotein lipase (LPL). Using an LPL knockout CHO host cell line, we were able to stably overexpress and purify the remaining candidate hydrolases through orthogonal affinity chromatography methods, enabling their detailed functional characterization. Applying a PS degradation assay, we found nine mostly secreted, PS-active hydrolases with varying hydrolytic activity. All active hydrolases showed a serine-histidine-aspartate/glutamate catalytical triad. Further, we subjected the active hydrolases to pH-screenings and revealed a diverse range of activity optima, which can facilitate the identification of residual hydrolases during bioprocess development. Ultimately, we compiled our dataset in a risk matrix identifying PAF-AH, LIPA, PPT1, and LPLA2 as highly critical hydrolases based on their cellular expression, detection in purified antibodies, active secretion, and PS degradation activity. With this work, we pave the way toward a comprehensive functional characterization of PS-degrading hydrolases and provide a basis for a future reduction of PS degradation in biopharmaceutical drug products.</p>","PeriodicalId":18206,"journal":{"name":"mAbs","volume":"16 1","pages":"2375798"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11238916/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141563681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
mAbsPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-03-06DOI: 10.1080/19420862.2024.2323706
M Biddle, P Stylianou, M Rekas, A Wright, J Sousa, D Ruddy, M I Stefana, K Kmiecik, A Bandrowski, R A Kahn, C Laflamme, E M Krockow, H S Virk
{"title":"Improving the integrity and reproducibility of research that uses antibodies: a technical, data sharing, behavioral and policy challenge.","authors":"M Biddle, P Stylianou, M Rekas, A Wright, J Sousa, D Ruddy, M I Stefana, K Kmiecik, A Bandrowski, R A Kahn, C Laflamme, E M Krockow, H S Virk","doi":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2323706","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2323706","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Antibodies are one of the most important reagents used in biomedical and fundamental research, used to identify, and quantify proteins, contribute to knowledge of disease mechanisms, and validate drug targets. Yet many antibodies used in research do not recognize their intended target, or recognize additional molecules, compromising the integrity of research findings and leading to waste of resources, lack of reproducibility, failure of research projects, and delays in drug development. Researchers frequently use antibodies without confirming that they perform as intended in their application of interest. Here we argue that the determinants of end-user antibody choice and use are critical, and under-addressed, behavioral drivers of this problem. This interacts with the batch-to-batch variability of these biological reagents, and the paucity of available characterization data for most antibodies, making it more difficult for researchers to choose high quality reagents and perform necessary validation experiments. The open-science company YCharOS works with major antibody manufacturers and knockout cell line producers to characterize antibodies, identifying high-performing renewable antibodies for many targets in neuroscience. This shows the progress that can be made by stakeholders working together. However, their work so far applies to only a tiny fraction of available antibodies. Where characterization data exists, end-users need help to find and use it appropriately. While progress has been made in the context of technical solutions and antibody characterization, we argue that initiatives to make best practice behaviors by researchers more feasible, easy, and rewarding are needed. Global cooperation and coordination between multiple partners and stakeholders will be crucial to address the technical, policy, behavioral, and open data sharing challenges. We offer potential solutions by describing our Only Good Antibodies initiative, a community of researchers and partner organizations working toward the necessary change. We conclude with an open invitation for stakeholders, including researchers, to join our cause.</p>","PeriodicalId":18206,"journal":{"name":"mAbs","volume":"16 1","pages":"2323706"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10936606/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140039793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}